The Cloister – Teach us to Pray, Part Five

Difficulties in Prayer

Today we continue our new series here on our podcast entitled ‘teach us  to pray’. 
Praying isn’t always easy. In this podcast, Father Columba from Glenstal Abbey continues our series on prayer by sharing  about various difficulties we can encounter in prayer and he then offers some advice on how to overcome them.

Further Resources on prayer

Free online Courses

• The Prayer Course, from 24-7 Prayer
• The Prayer Course 2, Unanswered Prayer, from 24-7 Prayer

Books on Prayer

• Too Deep for Words – Rediscovering Lectio Divina by Thelma Hall
• God of Surprises by Gerard Hughes
•  Sleeping With Bread – Holding What Gives you Life  by Dennis Linn, Sheila Fabricant Linn and Matthew Linn
• Sadhana. A Way to God: Christian Exercises in Eastern Form by Anthony De Mello
• Taste and See by Margaret Silf
• Creating a Life with God by Daniel Wolpert
• Prayer in the Catholic Tradition: A Handbook of Practical Approaches by Robert Wicks
• Learning to Pray by James Martin

Background music for your time of Prayer